Racial Issues Dominate Executive Council Meeting June 28, 2021 Highlight, News An audit of Episcopal Church leadership focused on patterns of systemic racism.
The Tulsa Race Massacre, 100 Years Later May 31, 2021 Highlight, News A Black-owned church that survived the 1921 race riot has served more than 200,000 meals to people in need during the pandemic.
Noose Found Hanging in DC Church Courtyard March 29, 2021 Updates On the morning of March 26 a noose was found hanging from a branch of the largest tree in the courtyard of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., according to local news reports. Th... Read more...
Old Masters and Black Bodies November 12, 2020 Features, Highlight Using the tools of the old masters – grand canvases and oil paint, and fluently speaking their iconographic language – Ballon has moved Black bodies from the margins of the canvas to the forefront, portraying them as Biblical characters.
Seeking ‘Sacred Ground’ on Racial Reconciliation July 29, 2020 Highlight, News The Episcopal Church’s 10-part, film-based discussion series confronts the historical roots of systemic racism in America.
Love Is Stronger than Death July 21, 2020 Highlight, News What “I Can Breathe Now” provides is a crucial reminder that racial strife does not have the final word and that even death is not the end of the story.
Black Lives Matter: A Movement, Not a Moment June 23, 2020 Features, Highlight Episcopal and Anglican leaders from across the Church discuss their support for current racial justice efforts.
Council: Funds for MN, KY; Budget Trauma June 11, 2020 Highlight, News Executive Council addresses the current racial tempest and the financial storm to come.
Curry: ‘We’ll Be There When the Cameras Are Gone’ May 31, 2020 Highlight, News "No, as followers of Christ, we do not condone violence. Neither do we condone our nation’s collective, complicit silence in the face of injustice and violent death."
Louisville, Kentucky Chosen as Site of GC 2024 February 17, 2020 News Executive Council also considers diocesan assessments, creation care, racial reconciliation and other matters.
